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Mitogenomic Analysis of Glirids (Gliridae) and Squirrels (Sciuridae) From Türkiye: Evolutionary and Taxonomic Implications Within the Suborder Sciuromorpha [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Gliridae and Sciuridae, the most impressive mammalian radiations within the suborder Sciuromorpha, encompass a total of 327 extant species. This study aimed to: (i) characterize the mitogenomes of three sciurid (Spermophilus citellus, Spermophilus ...
Saffet Teber, Mehmet Baran, Klaus-Peter Koepfli   +2 more
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Mitogenome of Endemic Species of Flying Squirrel, Trogopterus xanthipes (Rodentia, Mammalia) and Phylogeny of the Sciuridae [PDF]

Animals
Trogopterus xanthipes (Sciuridae, Rodentia) is a medium-sized flying squirrel species in the monotypic genus Trogopterus, and is endemic to China. It is distinguishable from other squirrels by the long black hairs on the inner and outer sides at the base
Di Zhao, Zhongsong Wang, Wenyu Song, Wenge Dong   +3 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the Forrest’s rock squirrel (Sciurotamias forresti, Rodentia: Sciuridae) and its phylogenetic implication [PDF]

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources
We sequenced the whole mitochondrial genome of Sciurotamias forresti using Illumina, revealing a 16,534 bp circular genome with 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs, a D-loop, and OL. Base composition: 32.95% A, 28.63% T, 26.14% C, 12.28% G.
Mengru Xie, Hongwei Zhou, Yongyuan Li, Wenge Dong, Xianguo Guo, Chengfu Zhao, Wenyu Song   +6 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Urocitellus undulatus and its phylogenetic analysis [PDF]

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources
The long-tailed ground squirrel (Urocitellus undulatus) is primarily distributed in various regions, including Xinjiang and Heilongjiang in China, as well as in Siberia, Mongolia, the Russian Federation, and Kazakhstan.
Zimeng Liu, Lei Chen, Yuran Pang, Xing Yang, Fengyan Zhang, Tangxin Liu, Xinhui Zhang, Yayun He, Xu He, Jiaxin Wang, Qingsong Sun   +10 more
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The genome sequence of the European ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus (Linnaeus, 1766) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] [PDF]

Wellcome Open Research
We present a genome assembly from a female Spermophilus citellus (European ground squirrel; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Sciuridae). The genome sequence has a total length of 3,090.03 megabases.
Dionisios Youlatos, Dimitra-Lida Rammou, Alexandros Triantafyllidis   +2 more
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Cranial Integration in the Sciuridae [PDF]

American Zoologist, 1996
Synopsis. High correlations among measurements of the cranium in the fox squirrel suggested to Olson and Miller (1958) that the skull in this species is highly integrated: that is, it tends to vary as a unit, and without clear subdivision into discrete independently-varying subunits. The evo?
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Squirrel reservoirs of monkeypox virus are sister species separated by the Sanaga River (Cameroon), as are the two main viral clades [PDF]

One Health
Monkeypox is an emerging infectious disease of unclear zoonotic origin in Africa although increasing evidence suggests that rope squirrels are reservoirs of the monkeypox virus (MPXV).Here, we describe new data on the systematics of rope squirrels ...
Manon Curaudeau, Julian Kerbis Peterhans, Thomas Le Flanchec, Emmanuel Gilissen, Laurent Granjon, Lison Barale, Antoine Gessain, Alexandre Hassanin   +7 more
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Mitotic Chromosomes of Some North American Sciuridae.

Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1962
SummaryMitotic chromosomes of several North American Sciuridae have been analyzed. The diploid chromosome number was 32 in Ammospermophilus harrisii harrisii and Ammospermophilus leucurus leucurus, 34 in Spermophilus richardsonii elegans and Spermophilus mexicanus parvidens, 38 in Spermophilus beecheyi douglasii, 42 in Spermophilus Interalis lateralis ...
C F, NADLER, D A, SUTTON
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A review of squirrel alarm-calling behavior: What we know and what we do not know about how predator attributes affect alarm calls [PDF]

Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2020
Forty years ago, vervet monkeys were shown to use three different predator-specific calls that elicit three different antipredator behaviors, jump-starting investigation into the information content of animal signals.
Thaddeus R. McRae
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Sciuridae, Rapoport’s effect and the mismatch between range size, conservation needs, and scientific productivity: an approach at the genus level [PDF]

Web Ecology, 2009
Rapoport’s rule states that species at high latitudes have broader ranges than species at low latitudes. This rule has been strongly disputed over the years, and the majority of current scientists think that this is mostly a local phenomenon ...
G. Amori, S. Gippoliti, L. Luiselli, C. Battisti   +3 more
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